<a href="http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PROJECTS/SBA_PROJECTS_26/SBA_Projects_26.html">Shigeru Ban</a>’s temporary <a href="http://inhabitat.com/shigura-ban-unveils-towering-cardboard-cathedral-for-christchurch/">cardboard cathedral</a> finally got the green light to be erected in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now called the “Transitional Cathedral”, the building will replace a 19th century church that was heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake - until funds for a permanent building are raised. The temporary building will hold 700 parishioners, it can be constructed with a fraction of the time and cost it takes to create a traditional building, and it can be re-erected for a different purpose in the future....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/shigeru-bans-christchurch-cardboard-cathedral-gets-the-green-light-for-construction/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Shigeru Ban Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral

<a href="http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PROJECTS/SBA_PROJECTS_26/SBA_Projects_26.html">Shigeru Ban</a>’s temporary <a href="http://inhabitat.com/shigura-ban-unveils-towering-cardboard-cathedral-for-christchurch/">cardboard cathedral</a> finally got the green light to be erected in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now called the “Transitional Cathedral”, the building will replace a 19th century church that was heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake - until funds for a permanent building are raised. The temporary building will hold 700 parishioners, it can be constructed with a fraction of the time and cost it takes to create a traditional building, and it can be re-erected for a different purpose in the future....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/shigeru-bans-christchurch-cardboard-cathedral-gets-the-green-light-for-construction/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Shigeru Ban Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral

<a href="http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PROJECTS/SBA_PROJECTS_26/SBA_Projects_26.html">Shigeru Ban</a>’s temporary <a href="http://inhabitat.com/shigura-ban-unveils-towering-cardboard-cathedral-for-christchurch/">cardboard cathedral</a> finally got the green light to be erected in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now called the “Transitional Cathedral”, the building will replace a 19th century church that was heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake - until funds for a permanent building are raised. The temporary building will hold 700 parishioners, it can be constructed with a fraction of the time and cost it takes to create a traditional building, and it can be re-erected for a different purpose in the future....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/shigeru-bans-christchurch-cardboard-cathedral-gets-the-green-light-for-construction/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Shigeru Ban Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral

<a href="http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PROJECTS/SBA_PROJECTS_26/SBA_Projects_26.html">Shigeru Ban</a>’s temporary <a href="http://inhabitat.com/shigura-ban-unveils-towering-cardboard-cathedral-for-christchurch/">cardboard cathedral</a> finally got the green light to be erected in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now called the “Transitional Cathedral”, the building will replace a 19th century church that was heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake - until funds for a permanent building are raised. The temporary building will hold 700 parishioners, it can be constructed with a fraction of the time and cost it takes to create a traditional building, and it can be re-erected for a different purpose in the future....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/shigeru-bans-christchurch-cardboard-cathedral-gets-the-green-light-for-construction/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Shigeru Ban Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral

Shigeru Ban’s temporary cardboard cathedral finally got the green light to be erected in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now called the “Transitional Cathedral”, the building will replace a 19th century church that was heavily damaged in the 2011 earthquake - until funds for a permanent building are raised. The temporary building will hold 700 parishioners, it can be constructed with a fraction of the time and cost it takes to create a traditional building, and it can be re-erected for a different purpose in the future....